“1. Gerrymandering and elections without competition 2. Low-turnout primaries, or why pragmatic compromise is the GOP kiss of death Low-turnout primaries provide disproportionate power to extremists within the partisan political base, because the diehards are more likely to show up than occasional voters who tend to be more moderate. 3. The rise of the political influencer in fragmented media” [Boebert] is famous for precisely one reason: because she’s an extremist.”